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The Hughes H-4 Hercules (commonly known as the Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II, it was not completed in time to be used in the war.
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world.
On Sunday, November 2, 1947, the Hughes Flying Boat had its first and only flight on Long Beach Harbor, California. While taxiing on the water, Howard Hughes surprised the gathered crowd of onlookers by suddenly lifting the aircraft off the sea during a taxiing test.
El Hughes H-4 Hercules (conocido también como "Spruce Goose", en castellano, ganso de abeto) es un avión diseñado y construido por la compañía Hughes Aircraft de la cual era dueño Howard Hughes.
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (Humble, 24 de diciembre de 1905-Houston, 5 de abril de 1976) fue un multimillonario empresario, magnate, inversionista, ingeniero autodidacta, aviador, productor y director de cine estadounidense, conocido por sus películas La horda (1928), Hermanos de armas (1930) y The Outlaw (1943). [1]
Footage of the famous flight of Howard Hughes's flying boat, the H4 Hercules! It flew for about a mile at an altitude of 70 feet over Long Beach Harbor.
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26 de sept. de 2022 · The Hughes H-1 racer was developed to be the fastest landplane in the world, Also known as the 1B Racer, it was designed by Howard Hughes and Richard Palmer and built by Glenn Odekirk. On September 13, 1935, Hughes achieved the design goal by flying the H-1 to a new world speed record of 352.322 mph.
